According to promotion’s official release, Ring became ill
following yesterday’s weigh-ins, though no specifics were released
on his condition. As a result of the short-notice cancellation,
Philippou has also been pulled from the event, which takes place
tonight at the Bell Centre in Montreal and is headlined by a
welterweight title unification bout between returning champion
Georges St.
Pierre and interim belt holder Carlos
Condit.

In light of Ring’s illness, the evening’s pay-per-view broadcast
will now instead feature a lightweight confrontation between
Mark
Bocek and Rafael dos
Anjos. Meanwhile, a preliminary card bout between Antonio
Carvalho and Rodrigo
Damm originally slated to stream on Facebook has been promoted
to the FX undercard broadcast.

Ring, 33, kicked off his Octagon career with a pair of victories
over Riki Fukuda
and James
Head last year, only to stumble against former light
heavyweight Tim Boetsch
at UFC 135. However, the Canadian rebounded from that defeat in his
most recent outing, taking a unanimous decision from Court McGee
four months ago at UFC 149.

Philippou also made his UFC foray last year, dropping a unanimous
decision to Nick Catone
at UFC 128. Since that defeat, the Cyprus native has won four
straight, delivering a nasty knockout of the notoriously durable
Jared
Hamman in the process. Like Ring, Philippou last competed in
July, when he took a unanimous verdict from Fukuda at UFC 148,
despite suffering a serious accidental eye-poke.